USS Ray K. Edwards
USS Ray K. Edwards | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Ray K. Edwards (DE-237) |
| Namesake | Corporal Ray K. Edwards (1923-1942), U.S. Marine Corps Silver Star recipient |
| Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 1 December 1943 |
| Launched | 19 February 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Lena M. Edwards |
| Reclassified | From destroyer escort (DE-237) to high-speed transport (APD-96) 17 July 1944 |
| Commissioned | 11 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 30 August 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1960 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 15 June 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
| Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 204 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | Laid down as Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Ray K. Edwards (DE-237) |
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USS Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), ex-DE-237, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.